The Gift of Love
1958 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Physicist Bill Beck meets and marries doctor's receptionist Julie. Five happy years later, she develops a heart condition. Afraid of leaving Bill alone by her premature demise, Julie adopts a sirupy, fantasizing orphan, Hitty. It's an uphill battle forging a relationship between the equally self-absorbed physicist and child: will she have time?
Direction Jean Negulesco
Cast Lauren Bacall · Robert Stack · Evelyn Rudie · Lorne Greene · Anne Seymour · Edward Platt · Joseph Kearns · Vic Damone · Scatman Crothers
Soundtrack Cyril J. Mockridge · Alfred Newman
Screenplay Luther Davis · Nelia Gardner White
Cinematography Milton R. Krasner
Original title The Gift of Love
5.6
90 votes (FilmAffinity)
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